Re: FLASH: Percentage Loader not working in Opera.

[John Dowdell]

As John alluded, the Opera browsers do not seem to offer anything similar

to the Netscape LiveConnect mechanism, or Microsoft's ActiveScripting

mechanism. This can make it hard for their JavaScript interpreter to talk

with objects in the page.


(Rephrased, it seems as if the current Opera builds still do not support

FSCommand or JavaScript "play/pause/rewind" of Flash.)


Reminder: Not all browsers offer JavaScript detection of plugins, or

JavaScript communication with plugins.

   The Netscape 3+ browsers can generally do both, on Java-enabled PowerMac

or Win32 boxes.

   The Microsoft 3+ browsers for Win95+ can tell some-but-not-all ActiveX

Controls through VBScript, and can adress ActiveX Controls through

JavaScript or VBScript, and can catch ActiveX messages with VBScript.

   IE/Mac can't do either. Rarer browsers rarely do either.


jd







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